More on the Simon Conviction

I previously report on United States v. Simon involving convictions for four tax perjury counts (§ 7206(1)), three FBAR counts (31 U.S.C. §§ 5314, 5322), eight mail fraud counts (§ 1341), and four financial aid fraud counts (20 U.S.C. § 1097). (For my blogs on Simon, see here.)  Because of the facts and the other counts of conviction, Simon is outside the mainstream of the criminal cases being brought in the Government's current civil and criminal juggernaut against offshore account holders.

I had not previously reported the actual sentence in Simon. The sentence is 6 years. I picked up the sentence from a recent decision denying bail pending appeal. United States v. Simon, ___ F. Supp. 2d ___, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37001 (N.D. IN 2011). This decision did not report the various sentencing factors, hence my spreadsheet (downloadable to the right) is incomplete.

I review here the decision on bail.
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